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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Redthistle" data-source="post: 6939248" data-attributes="member: 6778305">Character class has a role to play in the Investigation vs. Perception choice, and a PC's relative levels of Int vs. Wis.Not everyone is going to have high stats in both of those. Many PCs are going to have one of them that's better than the other. Even untrained, such characters will simply be inclined to go with their strong suits.Here's some comparison/contrasts between the two skills that, imo, display their respective "flavor":Investigation is bookish; Perception is outside playing sports.Investigation is analytic; Perception is the mental equivalent of fast-twitch muscles.Investigation is the still surface of the stream with the current running deep; Perception is white-water rapids.Investigation is the House; Perception is the card-counter playing the hand dealt.Investigation includes time spent outside the present moment, contemplating possible connections between seemingly unconnected things, that paves the way for that momentary flash of genius when the linkages become apparent; Perception is more about "what you see is what you get".Investigation is relatively slower than Perception.Insight gained from experience informs both Investigation and Perception.Where Investigation is the Aged and Perception is the Young, ironically, Investigation is seemingly the child of Insight and Perception. Investigation is going over game films to prepare for the next game; Perception is "Game On!"Perception asks, "What?" Investigation asks, "What, and why?"Investigation is downtime put to work; Perception is downtime spent back at the casino.</blockquote>

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